Healthy Pony New Year

[Crowning_Glory13]

Its hard to portion. My mom was so used to cooking large meals, she couldn't control it. What worked for was making the large mean and freezing/storing. So she had meals for a month! Husband and I do it too. We go out we only eat half so we have a portion controlled left over.

This is not my posting point, yet.i just started my day. Granted I opted for tea and not coffee so a good start. I was going to tell hubby to get junk food with our groceries but decided not to! So good start so far.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Portions and meal planning ONLY work for me if I cook the food and immediately portion out the meals and freeze it BEFORE I serve anything to my family. If we eat it first, then I always struggle to put it away in containers.  It's too much like leftovers I guess. 

started some sewing projects to distract myself from the lack of progress in other areas. 

[Crowning_Glory13]

Lovesbabysquirmy I would love to see your sewing projects. Selling sewing might be fun. I know it's hard and not consistent but I do that with knitting and wings. I make very little but it's nice in a bind.

Saturday....I was fed free food, but ate more than I should have...it was pizza. Not 1 or 2 I had like 5 squares...I was miserable afterwards...so that was a shame on me and I took 3 points away. Need to control myself better. The day was so long and I was so tired no activity, but I knitted a bit. I get 2 point for the knitting the project blanket! I recorded and posted so that is 1 point...hahaha I broke even with 0 points on Saturday.

Sunday is going ok. So far knitting has been accomplished...but there is more day to plow through. We can start Feb 1st but why not now:)

[Pokeyonekenobie]

I keep meaning to post but my sister and her family came a little unexpectedly this week so I've been a little busy.  I've got my art projects organized and I mean to tackle them as soon as my niblings are gone because I'd rather spend time with them while they're here and they're leaving Tuesday or Wednesday so it's not like it will be a big delay in getting started.  I know in the past I've promised pictures and I haven't done it so this time I'm going to try really hard to remember to take pictures and get them posted !

[Crowning_Glory13]

I love pictures!!! Sunday I knitted. I have been not feeling the best. I will be lazy but I will knit.

[Ponyfan]

Did we start already? I still have little motivation to continue my French on Duolingo and I ate a whole bag of Doritos in 2 days.


Ponyfan

[tailrustedtealeaf]

We've got two more days until the official start! Let's get this goals.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

OOOOO I had a job leave a voicemail while I went to pick up kid from school!  So I cross my hooves and do a lucky dance that I can get in touch with this person. 

I will try to take some photos of my sewing - I took one of my favorite blouses and copied the pattern.  Then I have been hand-stitching it for the last uhhhhh.... year?  on and off.  I have started doing some embroidery on the collar recently while watching Game of Thrones

There has been constant utility construction in the street for the last 2 days so the whole house has been shaking and wiggling.  Makes it IMPOSSIBLE to concentrate on ANYTHING.
Also the school has ice skating lessons going on, so many of us parents are out there, lacing and un-lacing skates and balancing kids on the ice... so I'm trying to be out of the house and somewhat social!  My legs and rear hurt from balancing so much on ice, it's much like the pain of riding a horse if you don't do it a lot. owwwwwww

[Prince_Sunbeam]

I got myself a little day planner, so far its been kind of counter productive. Im sort of stressed about exactly how I want to use it to keep track of things, and be consistent. But its been a hurdle.

Im going to lower my expectations and simply use it to write down what I want/need to get done that day (vs tracking progress on multiple things)

I also reduced my goals for this round. Ive been feeling more and more compromised in my productivity and I think setting the bar too high will stress me out. Last round I set the bar high and was really motivated and met all my goals. This round Im barely feeling able to stay on top of my normal tasks so I hope that lowering my expectations will allow me to feel accomplished in meeting my goals. Maybe that sense of accomplishment will motivate me to go above and beyond.

[Crowning_Glory13]

You can do it ponyfan!!!! Keep trying.

Doing lucky dance for you lovesbabysquirmy, and the blouse sounds beautiful. I would love to learn how to ice skate. Never done it before:)

Princesunbeam you are right. I was way to complicated in my recording. Now I am just doing a list of what I want/need to do in a day. I do however give myself more than 1 point for things. For example I PLAYED PIANO TODAY!!! yup super excited. So I gave myself 5 points. But only 1 point for knitting since I am doing better and it's easy TV activity.

Ponyfan Doritos ate not allowed in my house...I xan clear a large bag in one day!

Oh my gosh we start soon, but we are all taking steps to be healthy

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Ice skating is a LOT like rollerblading/skating.  Um except it's cold when you fall over. 

I started working on the sleeves of my dress but let me upload something WIP:

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Oh and DREAM JOB INTERVIEW in-person next week!!!!  don't panic or anything.   I passed the phone interview but now I need to seriously get this job.  OMG I cannot tell you how much fun it would be - but if I am successful, you'll AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL hear about it

Doritos are also a serious weakness in our house.  Did any of you ever get to try the flavours they made with blue corn?  I think they were in Jurassic Park bags... MMMMM

Prince_Sunbeam, I totally know what you mean about struggling with the goals now that you have them written down.  and they are there, right in front of you... it's daunting.  yeah.  Sometimes I don't even look at the list I have for Healthy Pony, I just try to remember to give myself lots of self-care moments and make the better choice for Future Me.  Eventually it works out to where I can look at my lists again and not feel overwhelmed.

Of course I have to have something else be a struggle for me with all these good things so let's see... yesterday I went to buy some ice skates for DD that were cheap, brand-new and the right size.  we have been borrowing from the Skate Shack rental at the school rink, so she needs her own.  Anyway this SHOULD have been an easy trip but somehow I ended up on the wrong road and ended up driving to the OTHER side of town.  LOL  I was so frustrated, I had to come home after 1.5 hours because I still didn't have ANY idea where I was, and my husband drove this 30 minute voyage.  SO AWFUL.  Apparently I have inherited my grandmother's sense of direction... which is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.  one time she meant to drive home, in Florida, so she didn't take the right direction and instead of being in Ft. Lauderdale, she was like, in Georgia.  YEAH I have done very similar things but I try not to tell people about them... I got lost in the dark in the cold only 3 blocks from my house once.   

[Crowning_Glory13]

Haha is ok on directions. I have farmer direction...turn left after the Rock next to the bean field that was once a farm owned by a lady. Hahaha. I am very nice with my lists. One time I put on brush teeth. I always do this so it’s not like it was ever an issue but it was so easy and I felt good crossing it off I was a bit more motivated.

I also do not punish myself if I don’t cross anything off. Life happens and moods change. Lazy just might be my day:) my only punishment is buying fast food and eating two lunches because of it. It’s a waste of money, defeats my goal of loosing weight, and I could get a pony for the same cost. I do get upset if I put a butt print in the couch. If I knit it’s ok, but just video games....not so much.

The points give me a bit of leverage to say I deserve a pony or something like new yarn:)

Post Merge: February 01, 2019, 05:21:30 AM

That blouse is beautiful!!!! I drool. That is talent!!!!

TODAY IS THE DAY....Healthy Pony Racers Start your engines. At the end of this race is a healthier new you!!! All you have to do is take the first step...just try!!!! Let's get running ponies and be healthy ponies!

[tailrustedtealeaf]

It's February!!  I should probably work on that homework I have so I can find some time to do something active this weekend.

[Crowning_Glory13]

Oooh make it a reward. I do school work, then I get to do this fun activity!!!

Since starting this post to now, I lost 5 pounds!!!! Wooo. And I celebrated with chocolate...hahaha. kind of counter productive...but it came with a pony!!! Hehe those finders keeper eggs are so fun. They are so tiny they look like giant toys for blind bag ponies like giant couch teddy bears is to us:) haven't found two the same yet, but might turn the ears red so they can have a good angel and a bad devil on their shoulder...haha:)

Right now it's cold and my sweet kitty like tents made with blankets and my legs. She is 12 years old, we call her princess for a reason. She gets what she wants:)

[Minty_Magic]

Huh, I might have to re-word a couple of my goals, I realized some of them are not perfect to use on a day to day basis and some of them are hard to measure. But working with what I set up I’m giving myself 7/10 points for day 1. I ate wayyy too much but still came in under my calorie count on my weight loss app! I just had to move a little more to burn it off.  and at least some of the food was fruit! I’m calling my first day a win